Environmental Cases To Watch In 2009

Law360, New York (December 3, 2008, 12:00 AM EST) -- Environmental lawyers are closely following a handful of cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and numerous others at the lower-court level that could have serious ramifications for a wide array of issues, including endangered species and global warming.

And though conservation groups are worried that the high court will throw out previous victories, much like it did in November in the Navy sonar case, they are confident that at the very least they can toss some of the midnight regulations recently imposed by the Bush administration....